Operating mechanism for churns.



J. J. LUTKIEWICZ.

OPERATING MECHANISM `FOR CHURNS.

'APPLicATaoN msn Amina` 1911.

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Josera J. Lorxmwrcz, or' rnnnvsnuao, omo.

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Speoinoa'tion of Letters Patent. Patentdsept. 24, 1918.

Application led April 26, 1917. Serial No. 164680.

' To all whom it ma concern.' y i Be it known t at I, Josnrn J. LUTKIE- wICz, a subject of the Czar of Russia, resident of Perrysburg, county of Wood, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating Mechanism for Churns, of which the following is a s ecificationi his invention relates to improvements in rotary churns, and has as, its special object the provision of a churn which may be completely and readily disassembled for the pur- .pose of cleansing or the like' without the use of tools or appliances of any kind, the Achurn being of especially simple and practical construction, comprised of fewL and simple parts.

These objec s are attained b the novel construction a d combination o parts here. after described and shown in the 'accompan 'ng1 drawing, forming a material part isclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through the center ,of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the cover and body, parts being broken away to show the interior,

Fig. 3 isa fragmental sectional viewtaken on line 3--3` of Fig. 2, and

Fig. i is a perspective view of the shaft support.

The apparatus consists of a cylindrical easing 10 having a solid bottom 11, the ppen top of the casing being normally covere by a cap 12 having annu ar flanges 14: engage able with the periphery of the vessel 10.

vertically mounted in the vessel 10 is a' 'shaft 18 having engaged at its lower end a hub 19, to which are secured a pair of oppositely dis osed beater-blades 20 containlng a plur ity of a etures 21 inorder to the material to be chured.

The shaft 18 is driven by a miter ear 24, rigid upon its upper extending en 25, the gear being driven by a miter pinion 26 ,secured upon thehorizontal shaft 27,l rotatably mountedl in brackets 28 and 30, the latter of which is -formed integrally with a transversely disposed plate 32 rigidly secured to the top of the cover`12 by means of screws 33 passingthrough the openings 34 'formed therein., v The-opposite end of the bar 32 is bent so as to be turned rentrantly, extendingpast the center, forming an upper bearin 35 and containing an opening 36 registera le with the central passage 37 through which the -shaft end 25 vis rotatably mounted.

A 4vpair of spring clips 40 are secured to 4the bar 32, the upper ends being beveled so that when4 the upper element 35 is turned downwardly it is engaged, by their hooked surfaces and held in position to aline the openings 36 and 87.

Motion is conveyed to the shaft 27 by means of the crank'lld, novided'with an operating handle 45, so trat rotary motion is transmitted to the dasher plates or blades 2O when the churn `is operated.

Obviously, when the cover 12 is removed the dasher blades and shaft are removed with it, allowing free access to the iiiit'erior of the casing 10, and it will be obvious, if 'the s ring clips 40 are withdrawn, the upper e ement 35 may be raised permitting the shaft 18 to be removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a churn, the combination with a cover and a cylindricalfvessel, a plate element con- `sisting of a foot plate and a head plate bent back over part of said foot plate in spaced relation thereto and integral therewith, centrally secured to the cover, bearings formed. on one end of said plate element, a horizontal shaftV mounted therein, means for rotatinor said shaft, a pair of bevel gears, one 'of sal gears being rigidly alliiredv on said horizon-` tal shaft, a vertical shaft, the second bevel gear being attached at' the upper end of said vertical shaft and meshing with 'the first named bevel gear, a second bearing for said shaft integrally formed with said plate element, and a pair of opening clipssecured to the foo plate of said plate' element, bev" eled linger at the upper ends of said clips gripping over the upper edge of' said head` plate when the saine is bent below the upper ends of said fingers for holding the vertical slots constituting the bearings for the upper end of the vertical shaft in plumb, substantially as described.

In testimony wheeofl have affixed 4my signature.

. JOSEPH J. LUTKIEWIGZ.

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